Chloe N East (she/her)
@chloeneast.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Economics at University of Colorado. I study immigration, the safety net, and inequality
Affiliated with Hamilton Project at Brookings, NBER, IRP, IZA, United Campus Workers Colorado
https://www.chloeneast.com
Texas forever
Affiliated with Hamilton Project at Brookings, NBER, IRP, IZA, United Campus Workers Colorado
https://www.chloeneast.com
Texas forever
Pinned
I am and will continue to do my best to track and talk about what Trump does on the issues I am an expert on -- immigration policy and safety net policy
But I will also be taking a broader view of American politics, thinking about how I can help change structures so we don't end up here again
But I will also be taking a broader view of American politics, thinking about how I can help change structures so we don't end up here again
Tomorrow, Thursday, I’ll be leading not one, but two, amazing community get togethers at #APPAM2025 #2025APPAM!
10:15am Immigration researchers meetup with Carolyn Heinrich
1:45pm Women in economics meetup
Come by and join these conversations! All are welcome!
10:15am Immigration researchers meetup with Carolyn Heinrich
1:45pm Women in economics meetup
Come by and join these conversations! All are welcome!
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Tomorrow, Thursday, I’ll be leading not one, but two, amazing community get togethers at #APPAM2025 #2025APPAM!
10:15am Immigration researchers meetup with Carolyn Heinrich
1:45pm Women in economics meetup
Come by and join these conversations! All are welcome!
10:15am Immigration researchers meetup with Carolyn Heinrich
1:45pm Women in economics meetup
Come by and join these conversations! All are welcome!
I did not know Canvas was run by Amazon (ugh) until the whole thing went down today... sigh
October 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I did not know Canvas was run by Amazon (ugh) until the whole thing went down today... sigh
TFW your dad sends you a video he thinks you'll find interesting and it turns out its your own research being used in a congressional hearing!
Thanks @jayapal.house.gov and Robert Lynch for highlighting the facts.
Thanks @jayapal.house.gov and Robert Lynch for highlighting the facts.
Mass deportations don’t open up more jobs for U.S.-born workers — they cause American workers to lose jobs, wages to go down, and our economy to slow.
Watch Robert Lynch, an economics professor at Washington College, discuss how immigrants are good for the American economy.
Watch Robert Lynch, an economics professor at Washington College, discuss how immigrants are good for the American economy.
October 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
TFW your dad sends you a video he thinks you'll find interesting and it turns out its your own research being used in a congressional hearing!
Thanks @jayapal.house.gov and Robert Lynch for highlighting the facts.
Thanks @jayapal.house.gov and Robert Lynch for highlighting the facts.
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Individual and org sign out letters to support the CPS Food Security Supplement, a key resource for illuminating Americans' experiences.
#EconSky #PoliSky #Sociology #PolicySky #EduSky #science #hunger
#EconSky #PoliSky #Sociology #PolicySky #EduSky #science #hunger
Help protect food security data! Links below:
form.jotform.com/252865538947...
form.jotform.com/252865886706...
form.jotform.com/252865538947...
form.jotform.com/252865886706...
October 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Individual and org sign out letters to support the CPS Food Security Supplement, a key resource for illuminating Americans' experiences.
#EconSky #PoliSky #Sociology #PolicySky #EduSky #science #hunger
#EconSky #PoliSky #Sociology #PolicySky #EduSky #science #hunger
Help protect food security data! Links below:
form.jotform.com/252865538947...
form.jotform.com/252865886706...
form.jotform.com/252865538947...
form.jotform.com/252865886706...
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Help protect food security data! Links below:
form.jotform.com/252865538947...
form.jotform.com/252865886706...
form.jotform.com/252865538947...
form.jotform.com/252865886706...
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The Friends of BLS steering committee is sponsoring a member webinar noon to 1pm ET Thurs, Oct 23.
We aim to build nonpartisan support for a strong BLS & need your perspectives & energy.
Former Commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social, William Beach, & @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social will...
#EconSky
We aim to build nonpartisan support for a strong BLS & need your perspectives & energy.
Former Commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social, William Beach, & @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social will...
#EconSky
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Friends of BLS steering committee is sponsoring a member webinar noon to 1pm ET Thurs, Oct 23.
We aim to build nonpartisan support for a strong BLS & need your perspectives & energy.
Former Commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social, William Beach, & @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social will...
#EconSky
We aim to build nonpartisan support for a strong BLS & need your perspectives & energy.
Former Commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social, William Beach, & @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social will...
#EconSky
My parent caregiving responsibilities are way up. Forgive me if I'm slower to respond to you right now!
September 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My parent caregiving responsibilities are way up. Forgive me if I'm slower to respond to you right now!
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What are work requirements, and how do they affect SNAP recipients? For this week’s #FigureFriday, @laurenhlb.bsky.social and @chloeneast.bsky.social review the literature on SNAP work requirements: www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
September 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What are work requirements, and how do they affect SNAP recipients? For this week’s #FigureFriday, @laurenhlb.bsky.social and @chloeneast.bsky.social review the literature on SNAP work requirements: www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
One of many reasons I've been quiet on here recently. Plenty of work to be done to make the world better off of social media.
You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."
The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...
September 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
One of many reasons I've been quiet on here recently. Plenty of work to be done to make the world better off of social media.
Reposted by Chloe N East (she/her)
You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."
The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...
Advisory to Academic Workers
In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...
www.aaup.org
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."
Reposted by Chloe N East (she/her)
*looks directly at bsky devs*
You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."
The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
*looks directly at bsky devs*
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“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.”
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
September 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.”
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
This is my current mental state rn. Doctor told me the stress is impacting my health.
Not sharing for sympathy -- I know many of us are in the same boat right now, and sometimes just being honest about this helps.
Not sharing for sympathy -- I know many of us are in the same boat right now, and sometimes just being honest about this helps.
a baby girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .
ALT: a baby girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is my current mental state rn. Doctor told me the stress is impacting my health.
Not sharing for sympathy -- I know many of us are in the same boat right now, and sometimes just being honest about this helps.
Not sharing for sympathy -- I know many of us are in the same boat right now, and sometimes just being honest about this helps.
Brutal rejection today. May have to binge watch the first two seasons of TSITP to make myself feel better.
It Was Brutal Conrad GIF
ALT: It Was Brutal Conrad GIF
media.tenor.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Brutal rejection today. May have to binge watch the first two seasons of TSITP to make myself feel better.
Reposted by Chloe N East (she/her)
Here is part I of my piece w/ Noa Rosinplotz on "ABAWDs," a category constructed to provide a rhetorical punching bag for politicians who want to cut the social safety net. This piece focuses on misconceptions about the group. Part II will be on the consequences of sorting folks by "deservingness."
“ABAWDs,” aren’t the lazy caricature politicians make them out to be.
They’re caregivers, neighbors, and workers trying to get by.
The latest #FiresideStacks 🔥 from @socio-steve.bsky.social and Noa Rosinplotz unveils the truth behind the rhetoric: www.firesidestacks.com/p/abawds-are...
They’re caregivers, neighbors, and workers trying to get by.
The latest #FiresideStacks 🔥 from @socio-steve.bsky.social and Noa Rosinplotz unveils the truth behind the rhetoric: www.firesidestacks.com/p/abawds-are...
September 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Here is part I of my piece w/ Noa Rosinplotz on "ABAWDs," a category constructed to provide a rhetorical punching bag for politicians who want to cut the social safety net. This piece focuses on misconceptions about the group. Part II will be on the consequences of sorting folks by "deservingness."
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Trump is paying Palantir millions of dollars to create a database to access ALL personal information about EVERYONE in America.
Our data can be used against us at any time; we must stop this machine before we are one search away from criminalization.
www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/23/o...
Our data can be used against us at any time; we must stop this machine before we are one search away from criminalization.
www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/23/o...
Cohn: Trump is building ‘one interface to rule them all.’ It’s terrifying.
A single searchable database of all Americans’ sensitive information is the goal of the president and Palantir – and the dream of authoritarians.
www.mercurynews.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Trump is paying Palantir millions of dollars to create a database to access ALL personal information about EVERYONE in America.
Our data can be used against us at any time; we must stop this machine before we are one search away from criminalization.
www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/23/o...
Our data can be used against us at any time; we must stop this machine before we are one search away from criminalization.
www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/23/o...
Join your union & help build worker power this labor day
A good example of why this is important for those of us in academia
Massachusetts academic unions pushed state to commit $400 million to fill in lost federal funding, while those of us without strong union power are just hoping for the best
A good example of why this is important for those of us in academia
Massachusetts academic unions pushed state to commit $400 million to fill in lost federal funding, while those of us without strong union power are just hoping for the best
September 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Join your union & help build worker power this labor day
A good example of why this is important for those of us in academia
Massachusetts academic unions pushed state to commit $400 million to fill in lost federal funding, while those of us without strong union power are just hoping for the best
A good example of why this is important for those of us in academia
Massachusetts academic unions pushed state to commit $400 million to fill in lost federal funding, while those of us without strong union power are just hoping for the best
Reposted by Chloe N East (she/her)
Latest Gallup poll data reveal, once again, that the main obstacles to unions in the the US are broken labor laws and employer aggression
Two-thirds of the US public approves of labor unions, but unions only represent about 11 percent of the workforce
Two-thirds of the US public approves of labor unions, but unions only represent about 11 percent of the workforce
August 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Latest Gallup poll data reveal, once again, that the main obstacles to unions in the the US are broken labor laws and employer aggression
Two-thirds of the US public approves of labor unions, but unions only represent about 11 percent of the workforce
Two-thirds of the US public approves of labor unions, but unions only represent about 11 percent of the workforce
Reposted by Chloe N East (she/her)
CBO analysis of the One Big Beautiful Bill and how it impacts different parts of the income spectrum:
—A net resource increase of $13,600, on average, for the top one-tenth of U.S. earners.
—A net resource decrease of $1,200, on average, for the bottom one-tenth of U.S. earners.
—A net resource increase of $13,600, on average, for the top one-tenth of U.S. earners.
—A net resource decrease of $1,200, on average, for the bottom one-tenth of U.S. earners.
August 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
CBO analysis of the One Big Beautiful Bill and how it impacts different parts of the income spectrum:
—A net resource increase of $13,600, on average, for the top one-tenth of U.S. earners.
—A net resource decrease of $1,200, on average, for the bottom one-tenth of U.S. earners.
—A net resource increase of $13,600, on average, for the top one-tenth of U.S. earners.
—A net resource decrease of $1,200, on average, for the bottom one-tenth of U.S. earners.
Short Answer: NO THEY DO NOT
Do work requirements work? @laurenhlb.bsky.social and @chloeneast.bsky.social review the literature on SNAP work requirements:
A primer on SNAP work requirements - The Hamilton Project
An explainer on work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, summarizing the research on work requirements and their efficacy.
www.hamiltonproject.org
August 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Short Answer: NO THEY DO NOT
Key lesson learned from New Hampshire on minimizing the impact on Medicaid Work Requirements -- it's VERY hard to do this and even good faith efforts might fail:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-can-b...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-can-b...
What can be learned from states that made good faith efforts with work requirements?
Lessons from New Hampshire
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Key lesson learned from New Hampshire on minimizing the impact on Medicaid Work Requirements -- it's VERY hard to do this and even good faith efforts might fail:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-can-b...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-can-b...
First day of teaching at my new job!
(Same first day outfit as when I started my sabbatical job at Hamilton Project.)
(Same first day outfit as when I started my sabbatical job at Hamilton Project.)
August 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
First day of teaching at my new job!
(Same first day outfit as when I started my sabbatical job at Hamilton Project.)
(Same first day outfit as when I started my sabbatical job at Hamilton Project.)
Submit your papers now for the SOLE Conference in Denver May 2026!
I'll be reviewing the immigration paper submissions along with the wonderful @elisajacome.bsky.social!
Info here:
mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...
I'll be reviewing the immigration paper submissions along with the wonderful @elisajacome.bsky.social!
Info here:
mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...
SOLE 2026 Submissions Open
mailchi.mp
August 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Submit your papers now for the SOLE Conference in Denver May 2026!
I'll be reviewing the immigration paper submissions along with the wonderful @elisajacome.bsky.social!
Info here:
mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...
I'll be reviewing the immigration paper submissions along with the wonderful @elisajacome.bsky.social!
Info here:
mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...
Anyone know of good estimates of the effect of BBB on college enrollment? Ideally by state? Thanks!
August 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Anyone know of good estimates of the effect of BBB on college enrollment? Ideally by state? Thanks!